‘There will be no merger’ – De Klerk

Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU) president Kevin De Klerk said the current five Super Rugby franchises met on Thursday to find a solution to the conundrum created by the SA Rugby Union’s decision to include the Southern Kings in Super Rugby in 2013.

“We’ve been mandated by SARU as the five franchises to look at the possible methodology how this will take place in 2013,” he said.

“We have met today, we’ve tabled communication to the president and he will comment on that in the next I assume 24 hours.”

De Klerk said the unions reached consensus, and the possibility of any of the franchises merging was out of the question. “It is sincerely a tough one, but I am sure that we will in the interest of rugby arrive at the right consensus.”